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<td class="v">12:1</td>
<td>Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.</td>
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<td class="v">12:2</td>
<td>A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.</td>
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<td class="v">12:3</td>
<td>A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.</td>
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<td class="v">12:4</td>
<td>A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.</td>
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<td class="v">12:5</td>
<td>The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.</td>
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<td class="v">12:6</td>
<td>The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.</td>
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<td class="v">12:7</td>
<td>The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.</td>
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<td class="v">12:8</td>
<td>A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.</td>
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<td class="v">12:9</td>
<td>He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.</td>
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<td class="v">12:10</td>
<td>A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.</td>
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<td class="v">12:11</td>
<td>He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.</td>
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<td class="v">12:12</td>
<td>The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.</td>
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<td class="v">12:13</td>
<td>The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.</td>
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<td class="v">12:14</td>
<td>A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.</td>
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<td class="v">12:15</td>
<td>The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.</td>
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<td class="v">12:16</td>
<td>A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.</td>
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<td class="v">12:17</td>
<td>He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.</td>
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<td class="v">12:18</td>
<td>There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.</td>
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<td class="v">12:19</td>
<td>The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.</td>
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<td class="v">12:20</td>
<td>Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.</td>
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<td class="v">12:21</td>
<td>There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.</td>
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<td class="v">12:22</td>
<td>Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.</td>
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<td class="v">12:23</td>
<td>A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.</td>
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<td class="v">12:24</td>
<td>The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.</td>
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<td class="v">12:25</td>
<td>Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.</td>
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<td class="v">12:26</td>
<td>The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.</td>
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<td class="v">12:27</td>
<td>The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.</td>
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<td class="v">12:28</td>
<td>In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.</td>
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